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package com.netscape.certsrv.ldap;


import com.netscape.certsrv.base.*;
import java.security.cert.*;


/**
 * Class on behalf of the Publishing system that controls an instance of an ILdapConnFactory.
 * Allows a factory to be intialized and grants access
 * to the factory to other interested parties.
 *
 * @version $Revision$, $Date$
 */
 
public interface ILdapConnModule {

    /**
     * Initialize ldap publishing module with config store.
     * @param owner Entity that is interested in this instance of Publishing.
     * @param config Config store containing the info needed to set up Publishing.
     * @exception ELdapException Due to Ldap error.
     * @exception EBaseException Due to config value errors and all other errors.
     */
    public void init(ISubsystem owner, IConfigStore config) 
        throws EBaseException, ELdapException;

    /**
     * Returns the internal ldap connection factory.
     * This can be useful to get a ldap connection to the
     * ldap publishing directory without having to get it again from the
     * config file. Note that this means sharing a ldap connection pool
     * with the ldap publishing module so be sure to return connections to pool.
     * Use ILdapConnFactory.getConn() to get a Ldap connection to the ldap
     * publishing directory.
     * Use ILdapConnFactory.returnConn() to return the connection.
     *
     * @return Instance of ILdapConnFactory.
     */

    public ILdapConnFactory getLdapConnFactory();
}